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| The event will be this Wednesday, June 23, at 12:00 hours, at the Royal Palace of El Pardo (Madrid) | The Council of Ministers agreed in December 2018 to award the Gold Medal of Fine Arts, posthumously, to Paco Martín, responsible for the festivals organized by the Cartagena City Council such as La Mar de Músicas, Cartagena Jazz Festival or Mu-Danzas , Encounters with the New Dance.

This Wednesday, June 23, at 12:00 hours, will be the delivery ceremony at the Royal Palace of El Pardo (Madrid), which has been delayed by the pandemic.

On behalf of family and friends, Juan Carlos Vélez will collect the distinction.  "It is an honor for Cartagena that one of our citizens is recognized with the Gold Medal of Fine Arts.

It is, in turn, a shame that Paco Martín, who made this city a beacon of Culture at an international level, did not may receive her in life.

Her work has been commendable in our City Council and her personality and work will endure in the great cultural projects she developed ", said the Mayor of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo.  "On behalf of the city, we thank the Ministry of Culture in particular and the Government of the nation, in general, for this distinction to the figure of Paco Martín," Arroyo highlighted.  The Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts distinguishes individuals and entities that have excelled in the field of artistic and cultural creation or have provided notable services in the promotion, development or dissemination of art and culture or in the conservation of the artistic heritage.

This Wednesday the winners in 2018 and 2019 will be presented. The act that will be presided over by Their Majesties the Kings has been resumed "with the clear intention of recognizing the effort and value of cultural professionals, especially in such a difficult time for everyone", the Ministry of Culture indicates in the call of the act. Along with Paco Martín, the Lorca actress Margarita Lozano, the actress Penélope Cruz were recognized with the Gold Medal for Fine Arts in 2018; the singer Rubén Blades; the theater director Lluís Pascual; the singer Gilberto Gil; the photographer Carlos Pérez Siquier; the chef Ángel León; the director and actor Gerardo Vera; the singer Fátima Miranda; the flamenco guitarist Pepe Habichuela; the president of Hispania Nostra Araceli Pereda; the choreographer, director and dancer Rosángeles Valls; the bailaora Manuela Carrasco; the painter and engraver Roser Bru; the set designer Ezio Frigerio and the costume designer Franca Squarciapino (ex aequo); the composer Féliz Ibarrondo; and the circus artist Tortell Poltrona. This Wednesday the 2019 Medals will also be awarded in which the work of the singers Omara Portuondo, María Vargas, María Bethania, Patti Smith and Martirio, the singer Manuel Moreno Maya El Pele, the actresses Rossy de Palma and Julieta Serrano, the photographers Chema Madoz and Alberto García-Alix; the prehistory professor María Ángeles Querol Fernández, the chef Martín Berasategui; the professor and architect Carlos Ferrater; the architect Pedro Salmerón; the professor of archeology Carlos Ruiz; the archaeologist and historian María Eugenia Aubet; the president of the Association of Friends of the Iberians Pilar Palanzón; the guitarist and composer Víctor Monge Serranito; the flamenco clubs El Taranto in Almería and La Platería in Granada; the dancer and choreographer María Nazareth;the musician Josep Pons and the tailor of bullfighters Isabel Natividad García.  function { ;(, , {});}

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena